>>61560261) this is what you're going for
2a) if you collapse them all the way without cutting they can only got straight down, not useful
2b) if you rotate them around, they're stuck at this awkward angle, also not useful
3a) you're going for something like this
3b) the orange lines are where you want to cut
4) now you can fold the legs up AND rotate them outwards at the hips.
Also, you should sand your cuts down, I hadn't gotten to that before taking these pictures forever ago.